Gerard De Nerval
Gerard De Nerval
Gérard de Nervalwas the nom-de-plume of the French writer, poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 May 1808
CountryFrance
nature flower tree
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
dream ivory world
Our dreams are a second life. I have never been able to penetrate without a shudder those ivory or horned gates which separate us from the invisible world.
sleep firsts tasks
The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the I, under another form, continues the task of existence.
dream religious reflection
When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.
dream simple keys
The key to success is simple. Make people dream.
dream our-dreams
Our dreams are a second life.
ivory-tower towers poet
The only refuge left to us was the poet's ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.
sleep two space
I have never felt any rest in sleep. For a few seconds I am numbed, then a new life begins, freed from the conditions of time and space, and doubtless similar to that state which awaits us after death. Who knows if there is not some link between those two existences and if it is not possible for the soul to unite them now?